Designator, recorder, and register.



E. J. BRANDT. DESIGNATOR, RECORDER, AND REGISTER. APPLIUATION FILED MAYe, 1905. RENEWBD JAN. 29, 19081 E. J. BRANDT. DESIGNATOR, RECORDER, ANDREGISTER. APPLIGATION rILBD MAY e, 1905. RENEWED JAN. 29, 1908.

Patented Feb. 21, )"11.

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NOG V) E. J. BRANDT.

DESIGNATOR, RECORDER, AND REGISTER. APPLIUATION FILED MAY e, 1905.yRENHWED JAN. 29, 1908.

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Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

R. J'. BRANDT. DESIGNATOR, RECORDER, AND REGISTER. APPLIUATION rum) MAY6, 1905. nmmwzm JAN. 29, 190s.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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E'. J," BRANDT. 9 4DExsuGNxroE, EEcoEDEB, AND REGISTER. APPLIQUE! FILEDIAYK'B, 1805. BHIEWE'D JAI. 29, 190B.` 984,999, Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD J. BRANDT, OF WATERTOWN, WISCNSIN, ASSIGNOR TO BRANDT CASI-HERCOMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIQNNOF ILLINOIS.

DESIGNATOR, RECQRDER, AND REGISTER.

kSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 21, 1911..

Application filed May 6,1905, SerialNo. 259,130. Iteiewed January 29,1908. Serial No. 413,268.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWaRDl J. BnAND'r, a citizen of the United States,and resident ot Watertown, in the'county of Jefferson and State ofVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desig-vnators,l Recorders, and Registers; and-I do hereby declare that ,thefollowingdsga full, clear, and exact description thereof.

' The main object of the invention is to provide for recording sales ina mercantile establishment, bynumber, seller and moneyvalue, aswell asto provide for automatic registration of the sum total money value ofvsuccessively recorded sales, said invention consisting in what isyhereinafter particularly set forthwith reference to the accompanying`drawings and subsequently claimed as pertaining to al detachableimplement, having adjustable vparts by which' to indicate predeterminedarbitrary designations and means in conjunction with the implement thatis also'terme'd a designator, to record the indicated designations, orto regisnter sumv total money value of a succession of cash transactionsor both. t

Figure ,1 of the drawings'represents a vertical longitudinal sectionview of a designator andcombined recording and registering machine inaccordance with my in vention,l said view being indica-ted by lines 1+1in" the next'igure; Fig. 2, a plan view of the designator andI machine,the actuating -lever of said mach-ine being in, horizontal section; Fig.3, a vertical transverse section view of saiddesignator and machine, thesame being indicated by lines 3*-3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a )lan view of afragment of a reco i -sli Fig. fapla'n view of a designatorpartlyxb'roken away; Fi 6, alsectional View on the plane indicated Fyline 6 6 in Fig. Fig. 7, asimilar view indicated by line ,7-,7 in Fig.1; Fig. S, a plan view of a salestioket; Fig. 9, av verticallongitudinal section viewof anotherform of designator and fragment ofanother form of recording-andregistering machine, Fig. 10, a sectionalview on line 10-,10in'Eig- 9, and Fig. 11, a

detail view illustrating means for locking the designator inthe machine.Referring by letter to the drawings, A

findicates a frame provided with a pocket inI .which Ato slide asales-,ticket B, and adjustable in the frame lengthwise of the same areslid/esi@ -each provided lwith an upper lug or' 'knob b that is guidedin a slot in the top` yof said'frame. Asshown', in Figs. 1 and 2, eachslide C may be a sten.

cil of numerical characters 1 to 9, inserial or'der at regular intervalslongitudinallyof said slide, and the cutting'of the stencil .isf

such as -to facilitate the use of a pencil for tracing the outlines ofsaid characters on a sales-ticket in /the""pocket aforesaid,r the. f `4/aperture througliwhich the stencil-cuts in.l

the slides are accessible. vided with notches, and a spring-controlledbar D journaled in bearings d on the frame aforesaid is provided withlatch-tongues e Each vv'slide is" prO- that engagewith registeringnotches to hold the slides in adjusted position.

plates E areshown fixed in the frame aforef,

Stencil I' said under the transverse top-aperture same, and lugs orknobs f, corresponding to the plates, are adjustable in longitudinaltopslots of said frame. Thecuts in the plates E are numerical charactersand similar to those 1n the slides C 1n sofar as pertains tofacilitating the use of a pencil to outline said characters on asales-ticket in `theadjacent pocket. However slides similar to the onesC provided with vupper lugs or knobs may be substituted forr the stencilplates and suitable means employed to leek said slides in .adjustedposition.

Thel construction and arrangement. ofh

parts thus far described constitutes a detachL able implement ordesignator of the lform illustrated in Figs. l, 2, 5, 6 `and 7. Anotherform of designator illustrated in Fig.. 9, comprises a frame A, slides Cadjustable longitudinally of the frame, a spring-plate D having tongueseA engageable with ratchet-notches transversely of said slides to holdthe same' and lugs or knobs o. therewith in adjusted position. Knobssimilar to the ones f may be employed in fixed adjustment on the lastdescribed/formr of designator.

Referring again to the `first described form of designator, asales-ticket B inserted in the pocket of saidklesignatoris suflicientlywide to leave exposed the money item or items thereon, and adjustment ofone or more slidesV at the right of the aforesaid a erture of t ch) ineach in register with the transverse top e designator-frame, and thearacter or characters thus positioned indicate the total of money valueonsaid ticket, as'for instance four dollars and 'sixt -ve cents isindicated :by an adjustment, o said slides to aline the.characters 46 5in view provided with a numericalV index for AThe lugs or kno f throughsaid.a erture. An adjustment of one or both of t e slides C at the left'fof the desgnator is also had t`o brin a st'encil character in each inregister wit the aperture aforesaid, said character or characterscorrespondin to the number of a sale, for

instance twe ve indicated by'the characters 1 2. The characters in thestencil-'plates E indicate the number of the seller, 33 for instance. Bymeans .of alpencil, guided in the several stencil characters accessiblethrough Ithe transverse top a erture of the designator,-thenumber of t esale, the number of the seller and .the money value of the item or itemsof sale are footed on the sales-ticket. The u wardly projecting lug orknob b of each a justed slide is now distant from noriiial osition asmany spaces as corresponds to e stencil-character of said slidedisplayed through the top aperture of the des.

ignator; and said designator is preferabl sai characters ands' acesasfis herein shown. having' been properly positioned, the designatorwith the salesticket'is now ready to be fed toa recording machine, 1thatis preferablyeombined witi an automatic re ister, one form, of such amachine being il ustrated by Figs. 1,2 and 3.

The machine aforesaid is shown as consisting of a casing F fprovided atone end with a of the bars are engaged by the rod H', .and

the play of said bars is limited by said rod. The upper. sides ofcertain of the type-bars corresponding to the companion slidesdesignator are provided with grooves in which spring-,controlled rack'sJ are vertically reciprocative, and these racks mesh' withratchet-wheels K of a multiple 'registermechanism. The unitsratchet-wheel and the units register-wheel L are herein shown connected,by a sleeve hloose on an arbor z', and a tap'pet of said register-wheel,operates in conjunction with equi-distant lateral studs of a tensregister-wheel M loose on another arbor la that also serves as a bearingfor anothei` tens register-wheel N coniected, by a sleeve m,- \witli thetens ratchet-wheel.

r the designator. Guidedi-oller, and the free Each tens register-wheelis provided with a tappet/ that operates in con'unction withequi-distant lateral studs o a hundreds register-wheel of which thereare three loose on an arbor n, the ones O, P, bein independent of eachother and the one Q, ut the latter is connected, by a sleeve p, with thehundreds ratchet-wheel and provided with a l tappet operative inconjunction with equidistant studs of a'tliousands register-wheel R thatis loose on an arbor all of the register-mechanism being clear yilltistrated in Fig. 2. At each revolution of the unitswheel L, thetens-wheel M is moved one space, and at each revolution of saidtenswlieel the hundredswheel is moved one s ace. At each revolution ofthe tens-wheel h, the hundreds wheel P is moved one space. At eachrevolution of the hundreds-wheel Q the thousands wheel R is moved onespace.

Arrang d on spools S, T,Vin the casing F is an in -ribbon U over ahammer-bar V provided with arms r fast on a rock-shaft )V to which aleverX is made fast outside of said casing. The ribbon-spools isprovided with a ratchet-wheel a engaged by a detent t and a pawl u, thepawl being in pivoted con nection with the sprin -controlled lever lv inthe downward path o the hammer bar V, and by means of vsaidawl-aii'd-ratchet mechanism, the ink-ribbon is intermittentlg wound fromthe spool T onto the s ool aforesaid. Guides w are 1 rovided or the y'ribbon and the s ool T is ast on a spindle T that projects t rough oneend of the casi 'ing F to be turned by hand to wind said ribbon backonto/ said spool. A spring-controlled pawl :v in pivotal connection withone of theK arms 1' of the hammer-bar engages a ratchet-wheel y of aroller Y over whic a continuous strip of paper Z is traveled from a rollZ .of same, and a spring-controlled roller z isarranged to tension thepaper. The trolle by the operation of the' hammer-bar V, said pa r beingand ink-rib n. A sp'ing-detent I/engages the ratchet-wheel y of the`paper-supporting roller Y to prevent reverse motion of said ortion ofsaid paper is supported on a shie d A shown .in'Big. l over the springsB that control the typebars aforesaid in t-hat organization of themachinaf l When the designator is pushed by hand -into 'the mac ine, theadjusted upwardly projecting devices of said designator cause a lforwardmovement of type-bars tn bring designations on the same, correspondingto those indicated by the aforesaid. designatoi,

over the ink-'ribbon and paper, and l) operating the lever X, a recordof said nations is had on said paper, For instance the sale number l2,the sellers number 33 and the sum `total inc ney value 465 standfedbetween Asaid bar roo laper-fee'd is intermittent and coniis Y iso" ingfor four dollars and sixty-ve cents is printed on'the record strip. Atthe same time the racks with certain of the type-bars operate thecorresponding ratchetwheels 4to el'fecta -registration' of .said amount.Re

versal of the lever results in feed oi the recfio ordstrip and'ink-ribbon, anden withdrawal' of the designator from the machine,vtlietype-bars are automatically returnedk to normal position. Thelatch-plate of the designator being lifted a proper inclination` ofsaid. designator will result, in gravity return of allthe previouslyadjusted slides to normal position. i As shown in Fig.` 11,'thedesignator may be 'provided .withratcliet-notches for the engagement ofa spring-controlled Vdetent D in the recording and registering ma-Vchine to prevent automatic retraction of said designator should the samebe freed by the operator, it being necessary to release thefeedcompartnients' ofthe machine.

detent t permit a Withdrawal of the aforesaid designator from'.said-machine. In Figs. 9 and 1 0, the ink-ribbon is shown traveled inparallel Istretches overlying the record-strip` and duplicatesale-tickets, Athese tickets being indicated by dotted lines in- Hencewhenthe typebars of the machine are properly adjusted, by means of thedesignator, and 'the lever of the machine operated 'to causean impact ofthe hammer-bar, the designations indicated Iby said designator areprinted on said4 ticket and record fstrip. The duplicate sale-ticketsare sent with the ldesignator shown in Fig. 9, to therecordingand-resisteiing machine and separately fed Y, to the saine. Inmattersvof detail, therecording-and-registering machine illustratedbyFigs. 9 and 10 is somewhat different from the one shown by Figs. 1, 2.and '3, butthe genera-l construction and operation of both machines ispractically the same, and it is within the scope of my invention to`provide for stenciling or embossing instead of printing lthe record.lIt is alsoobvious that the recording-and-registering machine may i bevaried in construction from what is herein shown Without departure vfromsaid ,invcntion lin the broad Interpretation of the n *7J t vsame,and 1t1s also to be understood, that yco either a recording machine or aregistering machine may be substituted for the coinbinedrecording-and-registering machine according to the demands of the trade.

A showing analogous to thatA above speci-v fied andhereinafter claimedis made in my now pending applications Serial No. 307,787, land SerialNo. 307,788, bo-th filed March 24;,

1906, the firs-t of Which applications is to ai calculating implement ofthe same genus as the detachable implement 'hei-ein, set forth, and thesecond of said applications contains a disclosure of subject-mattersimilar to that disclosed herein, but involving'specitic de ordescribed.

Having' thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is si" l. -A detachable implement comprisingile- 4vices arranged for step-by-step.adjustment to' indicate arbitrarydesignations, means for locking these devicesfin adjusted position,almachine having corresponding indi* normal position-during the timeoiga pushing engagement of said', implement with the machine, and meanswithin themachine for vobtaining -a` permanent reco-rd from its admachine having corresponding indicating devices each arranged to beadjusted by a de vice of the implement held out et" normal positionduring thetime of a pushing engagement of said implement with themachine,

means Within the machine for obhiin'ing :t

permanent record from its adjusted indicat ing devices, and mechanismalso within the machine coperative with the adjustabler indicatingdevices thereof for registciinfgr the sum total moneyv value ofsuccessive records.

4. A detachable implement'comprisiug de; vices arranged for' step-bystep'.uljustnient tails of construction not previously shown cating deviceseach arranged to be adj usted Yby a. device'of theii'nplement held loutol' l (l i) to arbitrarily indicate sales by inniihciyll*` seller andmoney value; a machine haif'mg correspon-ding indicating devicesI cacharranged to be adjusted by a device of the nu* pleinent held outo'normal position dwing I the time of a pushingv engagement of saidyimplement with the machine, and means:

Within the machine for obtaining a pcrmaf nent record from its adjustedimlicatng devices. i j

5. detachable implement comprising dw vices arranged for step-by-stepadjustment to arbitrarily indicate sales by number, seller and moneyvalue; a machine ha ving corresponding. indicating devices'cach.arranged to be adjusted -by a device ot' flic implementheld out ofnormal position during the time of aA pushing engagement at saidimplement with the machine, means within the machine for obtaining apermanent rec ord from its adjusted indicating devices, and

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mechanism also Within the machine copf erative with the adjustableindicating dement to indicate `arbitrary designations, and

means for llocking these devices in adjusted position; in combinationwith a machine comprising movable devices each ad`ustable by one ofthose of the implement a oresaid out of normal position incidental to apushing insertion of the implement in the machinesaidldeviccs of saidmachine being provided with characters corresponding to`A thedesignations indicated by the companion devices of said implement, meansby which to obtain a permanent record of a predetermined arbitrarydesiguation or designations from arnadjusted character-device or deviceson material opposed to same, and means for automatic'retraction of thecharacter device or devices on withdrawal of the aforesaid implementfrom the machine.

7. A detachable implement 'comprising devices 'arranged for step-by-stcpadjustment to indicate arbitrary designations, and means for lockingthese devices in adjusted positiop; in combination with a machine'comprising type-devices each adjustable by one or' the devicesaforesaid out of normal position incidental to pushing insertion of theimplement in the machine, the type being correspondent to thedesignations capable of being indicated by the companion device of saidimplement, an ink-ribbon opposed to a type-device or devices out ofnormal position, an impact device opposing the ribbon, means foractuating the impact-device and for automatic intermittent feed of theribbon, and means for automatic retrac-v tion of the adjustedtype-devices on withdrawal of the aforesaid implement from the machine.

8. il detachable implement comprising devices arranged for step-by-s epadjustment to indicate arbitrary designations, and means for lockingthese devices in adjusted position; in combination with a machinecomprising type-devices each'adjustable by one of the devices aforesaidlout of normal position incidental to pushinginsertion'of the implementin the machine, the type being correspondent to designations capable ofbeing indicated by the companion device Aof said implement, means forprinting from an adjusted type-device or devices, and means forautomatic retraction of the adjusted type-device or devices onwithdrawal of the aforesaid implement from the machine.`

f). A detachable implement comprising devices arranged for step-by-stepadjustment to indicate arbitrary d signations, and

nicans'foi locking these devices in adjusted position; in combinationwitlia machine comprising type-devices each adjustable by one of thedevices aforesaid out of normal position incidental to pushing insertionof the implement in the machine, the type being correspondent tothedesignations capable of being indicated by the companion device of saidimplement, an ink-ribbon opposed to a type-device or devices out ofnormal position, an im act device op osing the ink-ribbon, means oractuating the impact device, a ribbon feed mechanism andk a paper-feedmechanism coperative with said impact device, and means for automaticretraction of ,the adjusted type-devices on withdrawal bf the aforesaidimplement from the machine.

10. A detachable implement comprising devices` arranged for step-by-stepadjustment to indicate arbitrary designations of money value, and meansfor locking these devices in adjusted position; in combination with amachine' comprising register mechanism operative in conjunction withdevices in adjustedV position; in combination i' with a machinecomprising register mechanism operative in conjunction with theimplement as a result of pushingl contact of one or more of said devicesof e same out of normal position, and a latch with which the aforesaidimplement has ste b -step engagement in the course of its ee 12. Adetachable implement comprising devices arranged for step-by-stepadjustment to indicate arbitrary designations, and means for lockingthese devices in adjusted position; in combination with a machinecomprising recording devices in movable series each of which series isadjustable by one -of the devices aforesaid out of normal positionincidental tor pushing insertion of the implement in the machine, saidrecording devices being characters correspondin to designations indicantby-said devices o the implement, means for actuating alined recordingdevices in said machine, means for automaticl registration of sum totalmoney value of successive records, and

means for automatic retraction of series of,

comprising sliding type-bars each adjustable by one of the devicesaforesaid out of norr malv positionfincidental to pushing insertion ofthe implement in the machine, there bef ing correspondence of the typeof each har with designations indicant by' the companion device oi saidimplement, yielding rack- 11i. A detachable implement comprising' 4adjustable devices for indicating designations 'uli money value, incombination WithA n a machine comprising recording mechanism actuated byan adjusteddevice ondevices of the implement incidental topushingmsertion o said implement in the machine, andi a latch withrwhich the aforesaid implement has step-hy-step engagement in the/courseof its feed. f .i v5, i detachable implement comprising adjustabledevices for indicating designajtions ot' money value ingcombinationwith-macliinc con'iprising recording and regisrtering mechanism actuated byan adjusted* device or devices ci the implement incidentai to pushinginsertion oi said implement in the machine, and a latch with Which the'aforesaidsimplement' has ste ao 4 v l l f ,J' i engagement in the,course oi its feed i6. In a machine oitythe char' t scribed, thecombination with ,accounting mechanism, oigan entr' :device etachahl'efrom the machine and having nents secured therein dierentially sdjustahlefiongitudinaily -tor controlling @aid accounting mechanismfeaidmea-ns for `eemiring saici elements infaiij'nsted positionfj i?. in amachine of4 tiI iaracterdescribed, the combination with an accountingmechanisimo an entry Ide ce detachableA from the machine and havingelements se-l cured ttherein differenltialiy adjustable longitudinallyfor' controlling Vthe,accounting mechanism, means for locking saidelen-hyT-step ments wagednst retrograde movement when the device isdetached. l

18. A machine comprising a series of recording devices vof denominationsin ascend- `in order from naught to nine inclusive, said devices beingsettalole in alinement, means for impactin all alined recording devices,and a detac .able implement oomprising ditierentially adjustable slidesby Whichto determine adjustmentl of the recording devices. aforesaidwhen engaged in said machine, ,Y l, -l9. In an'aeeounting mechanismcomprisrving a/s'elf-cntainedfentry device normally "detached from'lthemachine but adapted-to ,ba/inserted',therein, the entry devicecomprising a plurality of denominational differentially adjustablelongitudinally movable elements with .means ifor locking saidelevnini-mts against retroerade movement in any one oi" a plurality elpositions.

bil'i'ationwith'an accounting mechanism, of an entry, device detachablefrom the machine adapted to be inserted therein, said device comprisingawplurality of slides secured in the deviceand' means for retaining 21.In a lmachine' of the character 'described, the combination withaccounting mechanism, oi an entry ddvice detachable vfrom the4 machineandl having adjustable longitudinally movable slide elements secured inthe device for controllingr said accounting mechanism, and means forretaining the elements in adjusted position.

I have hereunto set/Tiny hand at Milwaukee ,in theeoinityfof Milwaukeeand State of I" i/Wisconsin; lin'tlie presence oi:` two Witnesses.

. EDWARD el. BRANDT.

l-Vitnesses:

N, E. OLIPHANT, GEORGE Femme.

the slides in different positions of adjust- In testimony that ,/l,lclaim the foregoing,r

v20. lnyvan raccounting machine, the com-

